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SPECIAL FLIGHT
by Fernand Melgar

Awaiting definite deportment from the Swiss territory, illegal migrants are jailed at the administrative detention centre Frambois. Behind the closed prison doors, tension builds day by day. Between wardens and detainees, relations of friendship and hate, respect and revolt are formed until the announcement of the deportment, which is experienced like a stab.

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THE WORLD IS LIKE THAT
What has become to the deported?

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FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE PARLIAMENT
by Stéphane Goël

A short history of women in swiss politics in the 20th century.

Switzerland was one of the world's last countries to grant women the right to vote and to elect representatives.
This film illustrates a century of Swiss history in the footsteps of some women who fought to get out of their kitchen - and some men who tried everything to put them back in - until equal rights were obtained, which in reality still seem rather fragile sometimes.

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PRUD'HOMMES (LABOUR COURT)
by Stéphane Goël
PRUD’HOMMES is an immersion into the heart of a judicial court that handles disputes between employers and employees.  This specific jurisdiction is a place of confrontation where the tensions, suffering and revolts that span the world of employment are exposed.  In search of justice or recognition, employees speak out and face their employer face to face.  This unique theatre plunges us into a real human drama and forces us to reflect upon today’s society.

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THE FORTRESS by Fernand Melgar
For the first time, a camera unrestrictedly penetrates into the universe of a Swiss reception centre for asylum seekers. With emotion, though also with humour, THE FORTRESS immerses us into the heart of this daily sorting process of human beings. More...

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THE TWILIGHT OF THE CELTS
by Stéphane Goël
The discovery of a huge Celtic sanctuary on top of a hill in Switzerland allows the archaeologists to start a scientific investigation about the religious beliefs of our ancestors. Rituals, sacrifices and Druids: what do we know, or think we know, about the remarkable Celtic civilisation? In an attempt to answer this question, this thriller-like film follows the excavations of the site and the archaeologists’ work step by step.

SRT Vaud 2008 Award
Best film for its scientific contribution at the ICRONOS Festival

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IN THE LAND OF THE BLACK PHARAOHS by Stéphane Goël and Sylvie Rossel Charles Bonnet, 71, is one of Europe’s leading archeologists. Geneva-born Bonnet, originally a winer grower, has been combing through the sands of northern Sudan for 40 years. Order the DVD Grand Prize at the International Archeological Film Festival in Bruxelles, at the Festival Internacional de Cine Arqueológico del Bidasoa, at the Icronos Festival of Bordeaux, at the International Archeology Film Festival of Besançon. Awarded at the Archeology Channel Film Festival in Eugene (USA), at the Cinarchea Festival in Kiel and at the Nyon Archeological Film Festival.

EXIT by Fernand Melgar
Putting an end to your life and sparing yourself, and your closest family, agony? Switzerland is the only country in the world where associations quite legally provide suicide assistance to people at the end of their lives.

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